Self-Driving Car Engineer Nanodegree

Deep Learning

Project: Build a Traffic Sign Recognition Classifier

In this notebook, a template is provided for you to implement your functionality in stages, which is required to successfully complete this project. If additional code is required that cannot be included in the notebook, be sure that the Python code is successfully imported and included in your submission if necessary.

Note: Once you have completed all of the code implementations, you need to finalize your work by exporting the iPython Notebook as an HTML document. Before exporting the notebook to html, all of the code cells need to have been run so that reviewers can see the final implementation and output. You can then export the notebook by using the menu above and navigating to \n", "File -> Download as -> HTML (.html). Include the finished document along with this notebook as your submission.

In addition to implementing code, there is a writeup to complete. The writeup should be completed in a separate file, which can be either a markdown file or a pdf document. There is a write up template that can be used to guide the writing process. Completing the code template and writeup template will cover all of the rubric points for this project.

The rubric contains "Stand Out Suggestions" for enhancing the project beyond the minimum requirements. The stand out suggestions are optional. If you decide to pursue the "stand out suggestions", you can include the code in this Ipython notebook and also discuss the results in the writeup file.

Note: Code and Markdown cells can be executed using the Shift + Enter keyboard shortcut. In addition, Markdown cells can be edited by typically double-clicking the cell to enter edit mode.


Step 0: Load The Data

In [1]:
# Load pickled data
import pickle
import os
import csv
import numpy as np
import random
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import cv2
from sklearn.utils import shuffle
# Visualizations will be shown in the notebook.
%matplotlib inline

DATA_DIR = 'traffic-signs-data'

training_file = os.path.join(DATA_DIR, 'train.p')
validation_file= os.path.join(DATA_DIR, 'valid.p')
testing_file = os.path.join(DATA_DIR, 'test.p')

with open(training_file, mode='rb') as f:
    train = pickle.load(f)
with open(validation_file, mode='rb') as f:
    valid = pickle.load(f)
with open(testing_file, mode='rb') as f:
    test = pickle.load(f)

Step 1: Dataset Summary & Exploration

The pickled data is a dictionary with 4 key/value pairs:

  • 'features' is a 4D array containing raw pixel data of the traffic sign images, (num examples, width, height, channels).
  • 'labels' is a 1D array containing the label/class id of the traffic sign. The file signnames.csv contains id -> name mappings for each id.
  • 'sizes' is a list containing tuples, (width, height) representing the original width and height the image.
  • 'coords' is a list containing tuples, (x1, y1, x2, y2) representing coordinates of a bounding box around the sign in the image. THESE COORDINATES ASSUME THE ORIGINAL IMAGE. THE PICKLED DATA CONTAINS RESIZED VERSIONS (32 by 32) OF THESE IMAGES

Complete the basic data summary below. Use python, numpy and/or pandas methods to calculate the data summary rather than hard coding the results. For example, the pandas shape method might be useful for calculating some of the summary results.

Provide a Basic Summary of the Data Set Using Python, Numpy and/or Pandas

In [3]:
# Replace each question mark with the appropriate value. 
# Use python, pandas or numpy methods rather than hard coding the results
X_train, y_train = train['features'], train['labels']
X_valid, y_valid = valid['features'], valid['labels']
X_test, y_test = test['features'], test['labels']

# Number of training examples
n_train = len(X_train)

# Number of validation examples
n_validation = len(X_valid)

# Number of testing examples.
n_test = len(X_test)

# What's the shape of an traffic sign image?
image_shape = X_train.shape[1]

# How many unique classes/labels there are in the dataset.
signs = {}
with open('signnames.csv', 'r') as csvfile:
    reader = csv.DictReader(csvfile)
    signs = {row['ClassId']: row['SignName'] for row in reader}
    n_classes = len(signs.values())

print("Number of training examples =", n_train)
print("Number of validation examples =", n_validation)
print("Number of testing examples =", n_test)
print("Image data shape =", image_shape)
print("Number of classes =", n_classes)
Number of training examples = 34799
Number of validation examples = 4410
Number of testing examples = 12630
Image data shape = 32
Number of classes = 43

Include an exploratory visualization of the dataset

Visualize the German Traffic Signs Dataset using the pickled file(s). This is open ended, suggestions include: plotting traffic sign images, plotting the count of each sign, etc.

The Matplotlib examples and gallery pages are a great resource for doing visualizations in Python.

NOTE: It's recommended you start with something simple first. If you wish to do more, come back to it after you've completed the rest of the sections. It can be interesting to look at the distribution of classes in the training, validation and test set. Is the distribution the same? Are there more examples of some classes than others?

In [4]:
# Data exploration visualization code goes here.
# Feel free to use as many code cells as needed.
def plot_images(images, titles, columns, image_height, cmap=plt.jet()):
    rows = (len(images) + columns - 1) // columns
    fig_height = rows * image_height
    fig, axs = plt.subplots(rows, columns, figsize=(15, fig_height))
    fig.subplots_adjust(hspace=0.2, wspace=0.001)
    axs = axs.ravel()
    for idx, image in enumerate(images):
        axs[idx].axis('off')
        axs[idx].imshow(image, cmap)
        axs[idx].set_title(titles[idx])

# show image of 10 random data points
def plot_samples(x_data, y_data, count, columns, image_height, cmap=plt.jet()):
    titles = []
    images = []
    for _ in range(count):
        idx = random.randint(0, len(x_data))
        image = x_data[idx]
        images.append(image)
        titles.append(y_data[idx])
    
    plot_images(images, titles, columns, image_height, cmap)

# Randomly plot 10 signs from training data
plot_samples(X_train, y_train, count=10, columns=5, image_height=3)
<matplotlib.figure.Figure at 0x1309b2898>
In [5]:
# Plot n_samples images for each sign
n_samples = 3
from collections import defaultdict
image_map = defaultdict(list)
for i, image in enumerate(X_valid):
    image_map[y_valid[i]].append(image)
titles = []
images = []
for title in range(n_classes):
    titles += [title] * n_samples
    images += image_map[title][:n_samples]
    
len(images)
plot_images(images, titles, columns=n_samples, image_height=2)
In [6]:
# Distribution of signs among train, valid and test
# histogram of label frequency
def plot_distribution(x_data, y_data):
    hist, bins = np.histogram(y_data, bins=n_classes)
    width = 0.8*(bins[1]-bins[0])
    center = (bins[:-1] + bins[1:]) / 2
    plt.bar(center, hist, align='center', width=width)
    plt.show()

plot_distribution(X_train, y_train)
In [7]:
plot_distribution(X_valid, y_valid)
In [8]:
plot_distribution(X_test, y_test)

Step 2: Design and Test a Model Architecture

Design and implement a deep learning model that learns to recognize traffic signs. Train and test your model on the German Traffic Sign Dataset.

The LeNet-5 implementation shown in the classroom at the end of the CNN lesson is a solid starting point. You'll have to change the number of classes and possibly the preprocessing, but aside from that it's plug and play!

With the LeNet-5 solution from the lecture, you should expect a validation set accuracy of about 0.89. To meet specifications, the validation set accuracy will need to be at least 0.93. It is possible to get an even higher accuracy, but 0.93 is the minimum for a successful project submission.

There are various aspects to consider when thinking about this problem:

  • Neural network architecture (is the network over or underfitting?)
  • Play around preprocessing techniques (normalization, rgb to grayscale, etc)
  • Number of examples per label (some have more than others).
  • Generate fake data.

Here is an example of a published baseline model on this problem. It's not required to be familiar with the approach used in the paper but, it's good practice to try to read papers like these.

Pre-process the Data Set (normalization, grayscale, etc.)

Minimally, the image data should be normalized so that the data has mean zero and equal variance. For image data, (pixel - 128)/ 128 is a quick way to approximately normalize the data and can be used in this project.

Other pre-processing steps are optional. You can try different techniques to see if it improves performance.

Use the code cell (or multiple code cells, if necessary) to implement the first step of your project.

In [9]:
# Preprocess the data here. It is required to normalize the data. Other preprocessing steps could include 
# converting to grayscale, etc.
# Feel free to use as many code cells as needed.

# Grayscale
# Use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grayscale#Converting_color_to_grayscale
def rgb2gray(rgb):
    return np.dot(rgb[...,:3], [0.299, 0.587, 0.114])[..., np.newaxis]

X_train_gray = rgb2gray(X_train)
X_valid_gray = rgb2gray(X_valid)
X_test_gray = rgb2gray(X_test)

plot_samples(X_train_gray.squeeze(), y_train, count=10, columns=5, image_height=3, cmap='gray') 

I decide not to convert image into grayscale, because it results in worse accuracy for validation and testing data.

In [10]:
# Some methods to adjust image contrast.
def hist_eq(img):
    img_yuv = cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_BGR2YUV)
    # equalize the histogram of the Y channel
    img_yuv[:,:,0] = cv2.equalizeHist(img_yuv[:,:,0])
    # convert the YUV image back to RGB format
    return cv2.cvtColor(img_yuv, cv2.COLOR_YUV2BGR)

def clahe_image(img):
    # CLAHE (Contrast Limited Adaptive Histogram Equalization)
    clahe = cv2.createCLAHE(clipLimit=2., tileGridSize=(8,8))
    lab = cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_BGR2LAB)  # convert from BGR to LAB color space
    l, a, b = cv2.split(lab)  # split on 3 different channels
    l2 = clahe.apply(l)  # apply CLAHE to the L-channel
    lab = cv2.merge((l2,a,b))  # merge channels
    return cv2.cvtColor(lab, cv2.COLOR_LAB2BGR)

def adjust_gamma(image, gamma=1.5):
    # build a lookup table mapping the pixel values [0, 255] to
    # their adjusted gamma values
    invGamma = 1.0 / gamma
    table = np.array([((i / 255.0) ** invGamma) * 255 for i in np.arange(0, 256)]).astype("uint8")
    # apply gamma correction using the lookup table
    return cv2.LUT(image, table)

# Show image of 10 random data points
def compare_adjust_samples(x_data, y_data, count, cmap=plt.jet()):
    titles = []
    images = []
    images2 = []
    for _ in range(count):
        idx = random.randint(0, len(x_data))
        image = x_data[idx]
        images.append(image)
        images2.append(adjust_gamma(image))
        titles.append(y_data[idx])
    
    plot_images(images, titles, columns=5, image_height=4, cmap=cmap)
    plot_images(images2, titles, columns=5, image_height=4, cmap=cmap)
     
compare_adjust_samples(X_test, y_test, 10)
<matplotlib.figure.Figure at 0x1238f4128>
In [11]:
def adjust_contrast(x_data):
    adjusted_images = []
    for image in x_data:
        adjusted_images.append(adjust_gamma(image))
    return np.asarray(adjusted_images)
In [12]:
# Normalize
def normalize(x_data):
    return (x_data - 128.0) / 128.0

X_train_norm = normalize(adjust_contrast(X_train))
X_valid_norm = normalize(adjust_contrast(X_valid))
X_test_norm = normalize(adjust_contrast(X_test))

Model Architecture

In [20]:
# Define your architecture here.
# Feel free to use as many code cells as needed.
import tensorflow as tf
from tensorflow.contrib.layers import flatten
tf.reset_default_graph()

# RGB LeNet
# NOTE: use dropout in network
def LeNet(x, keep_prob):
    mu = 0
    sigma = 0.1

    conv1_W = tf.Variable(tf.truncated_normal(shape=(5, 5, 3, 6), mean=mu, stddev=sigma))
    conv1_b = tf.Variable(tf.zeros(6))
    conv1 = tf.nn.conv2d(x, conv1_W, strides=[1, 1, 1, 1], padding='VALID') + conv1_b
    conv1 = tf.nn.relu(conv1)
    conv1 = tf.nn.max_pool(conv1, ksize=[1, 2, 2, 1], strides=[1, 2, 2, 1], padding='VALID')
    
    conv2_W = tf.Variable(tf.truncated_normal(shape=(5, 5, 6, 16), mean=mu, stddev=sigma))
    conv2_b = tf.Variable(tf.zeros(16))
    conv2 = tf.nn.conv2d(conv1, conv2_W, strides=[1, 1, 1, 1], padding='VALID') + conv2_b
    conv2 = tf.nn.relu(conv2)
    conv2 = tf.nn.max_pool(conv2, ksize=[1, 2, 2, 1], strides=[1, 2, 2, 1], padding='VALID')
    
    fc0 = flatten(conv2)
    
    fc1_W = tf.Variable(tf.truncated_normal(shape=(400, 120), mean=mu, stddev=sigma))
    fc1_b = tf.Variable(tf.zeros(120))
    fc1 = tf.matmul(fc0, fc1_W) + fc1_b
    fc1 = tf.nn.relu(fc1)
    fc1 = tf.nn.dropout(fc1, keep_prob)
    
    fc2_W = tf.Variable(tf.truncated_normal(shape=(120, 84), mean=mu, stddev=sigma))
    fc2_b = tf.Variable(tf.zeros(84))
    fc2 = tf.matmul(fc1, fc2_W) + fc2_b
    fc2 = tf.nn.relu(fc2)
    fc2 = tf.nn.dropout(fc2, keep_prob)
    
    fc3_W = tf.Variable(tf.truncated_normal(shape=(84, n_classes), mean=mu, stddev=sigma))
    fc3_b = tf.Variable(tf.zeros(n_classes))
    logits = tf.matmul(fc2, fc3_W) + fc3_b
    
    return (logits, conv1, conv2, fc1, fc2)

x = tf.placeholder(tf.float32, (None, image_shape, image_shape, 3))
y = tf.placeholder(tf.int32, (None))
keep_prob = tf.placeholder(tf.float32)
one_hot_y = tf.one_hot(y, n_classes)

Train, Validate and Test the Model

A validation set can be used to assess how well the model is performing. A low accuracy on the training and validation sets imply underfitting. A high accuracy on the training set but low accuracy on the validation set implies overfitting.

In [21]:
# Train your model here.
# Calculate and report the accuracy on the training and validation set.
# Once a final model architecture is selected
logits, conv1, conv2, fc1, fc2 = LeNet(x, keep_prob)
cross_entropy = tf.nn.softmax_cross_entropy_with_logits(labels=one_hot_y, logits=logits)
loss_operation = tf.reduce_mean(cross_entropy)

# Add the optimizer
rate = 0.0009
optimizer = tf.train.AdamOptimizer(
    learning_rate=rate,
    # Exponential decay in AdamOptimizer
    beta1=0.9,
    beta2=0.999,)
training_operation = optimizer.minimize(loss_operation)
correct_prediction = tf.equal(tf.argmax(logits, 1), tf.argmax(one_hot_y, 1))
accuracy_operation = tf.reduce_mean(tf.cast(correct_prediction, tf.float32))
saver = tf.train.Saver()

EPOCHS = 60
BATCH_SIZE = 128

def evaluate(X_data, y_data):
    num_examples = len(X_data)
    total_accuracy = 0
    sess = tf.get_default_session()
    for offset in range(0, num_examples, BATCH_SIZE):
        batch_x, batch_y = X_data[offset:offset+BATCH_SIZE], y_data[offset:offset+BATCH_SIZE]
        accuracy = sess.run(accuracy_operation, feed_dict={x: batch_x, y:batch_y, keep_prob: 1.0})
        total_accuracy += (accuracy * len(batch_x))
    return total_accuracy / num_examples
In [22]:
# Training
with tf.Session() as sess:
    sess.run(tf.global_variables_initializer())
    num_examples = len(X_train_norm)
    
    print("Training...")
    for i in range(EPOCHS):
        X_shuffle, y_shuffle = shuffle(X_train_norm, y_train)
        for offset in range(0, num_examples, BATCH_SIZE):
            end = offset + BATCH_SIZE
            X_batch, y_batch = X_shuffle[offset:end], y_shuffle[offset:end]
            sess.run(training_operation, feed_dict={x: X_batch, y: y_batch, keep_prob: 0.5})
        validation_accuracy = evaluate(X_valid_norm, y_valid)
        print("Epoch {} ".format(i+1))
        print("Validation accuracy = {:.3f}".format(validation_accuracy))
        print()
        
    saver.save(sess, './lenet')
    print('Model saved')
Training...
Epoch 1 
Validation accuracy = 0.584

Epoch 2 
Validation accuracy = 0.803

Epoch 3 
Validation accuracy = 0.869

Epoch 4 
Validation accuracy = 0.886

Epoch 5 
Validation accuracy = 0.909

Epoch 6 
Validation accuracy = 0.916

Epoch 7 
Validation accuracy = 0.921

Epoch 8 
Validation accuracy = 0.929

Epoch 9 
Validation accuracy = 0.934

Epoch 10 
Validation accuracy = 0.937

Epoch 11 
Validation accuracy = 0.945

Epoch 12 
Validation accuracy = 0.945

Epoch 13 
Validation accuracy = 0.950

Epoch 14 
Validation accuracy = 0.948

Epoch 15 
Validation accuracy = 0.954

Epoch 16 
Validation accuracy = 0.951

Epoch 17 
Validation accuracy = 0.952

Epoch 18 
Validation accuracy = 0.953

Epoch 19 
Validation accuracy = 0.954

Epoch 20 
Validation accuracy = 0.950

Epoch 21 
Validation accuracy = 0.957

Epoch 22 
Validation accuracy = 0.956

Epoch 23 
Validation accuracy = 0.956

Epoch 24 
Validation accuracy = 0.951

Epoch 25 
Validation accuracy = 0.961

Epoch 26 
Validation accuracy = 0.959

Epoch 27 
Validation accuracy = 0.958

Epoch 28 
Validation accuracy = 0.960

Epoch 29 
Validation accuracy = 0.952

Epoch 30 
Validation accuracy = 0.963

Epoch 31 
Validation accuracy = 0.956

Epoch 32 
Validation accuracy = 0.955

Epoch 33 
Validation accuracy = 0.957

Epoch 34 
Validation accuracy = 0.960

Epoch 35 
Validation accuracy = 0.960

Epoch 36 
Validation accuracy = 0.961

Epoch 37 
Validation accuracy = 0.958

Epoch 38 
Validation accuracy = 0.958

Epoch 39 
Validation accuracy = 0.961

Epoch 40 
Validation accuracy = 0.959

Epoch 41 
Validation accuracy = 0.964

Epoch 42 
Validation accuracy = 0.955

Epoch 43 
Validation accuracy = 0.959

Epoch 44 
Validation accuracy = 0.958

Epoch 45 
Validation accuracy = 0.957

Epoch 46 
Validation accuracy = 0.961

Epoch 47 
Validation accuracy = 0.963

Epoch 48 
Validation accuracy = 0.964

Epoch 49 
Validation accuracy = 0.960

Epoch 50 
Validation accuracy = 0.960

Epoch 51 
Validation accuracy = 0.965

Epoch 52 
Validation accuracy = 0.964

Epoch 53 
Validation accuracy = 0.960

Epoch 54 
Validation accuracy = 0.964

Epoch 55 
Validation accuracy = 0.964

Epoch 56 
Validation accuracy = 0.959

Epoch 57 
Validation accuracy = 0.959

Epoch 58 
Validation accuracy = 0.961

Epoch 59 
Validation accuracy = 0.961

Epoch 60 
Validation accuracy = 0.965

Model saved
In [30]:
# Training accuracy
with tf.Session() as sess:
    sess.run(tf.global_variables_initializer())
    saver2 = tf.train.import_meta_graph('./lenet.meta')
    saver2.restore(sess, "./lenet")
    test_accuracy = evaluate(X_train_norm, y_train)
    print("Test Set Accuracy = {:.3f}".format(test_accuracy))
INFO:tensorflow:Restoring parameters from ./lenet
Test Set Accuracy = 1.000
In [32]:
# Validation accuracy
with tf.Session() as sess:
    sess.run(tf.global_variables_initializer())
    saver2 = tf.train.import_meta_graph('./lenet.meta')
    saver2.restore(sess, "./lenet")
    test_accuracy = evaluate(X_valid_norm, y_valid)
    print("Test Set Accuracy = {:.3f}".format(test_accuracy))
INFO:tensorflow:Restoring parameters from ./lenet
Test Set Accuracy = 0.965
In [31]:
# the accuracy on the test set should be calculated and reported as well.
# Feel free to use as many code cells as needed.
with tf.Session() as sess:
    sess.run(tf.global_variables_initializer())
    saver2 = tf.train.import_meta_graph('./lenet.meta')
    saver2.restore(sess, "./lenet")
    test_accuracy = evaluate(X_test_norm, y_test)
    print("Test Set Accuracy = {:.3f}".format(test_accuracy))
INFO:tensorflow:Restoring parameters from ./lenet
Test Set Accuracy = 0.957

Step 3: Test a Model on New Images

To give yourself more insight into how your model is working, download at least five pictures of German traffic signs from the web and use your model to predict the traffic sign type.

You may find signnames.csv useful as it contains mappings from the class id (integer) to the actual sign name.

Load and Output the Images

In [33]:
# Load the images and plot them here.
# Feel free to use as many code cells as needed.
import glob
import os

images = []
labels = []
for i, filename in enumerate(glob.glob('./my-traffic-signs/*.png')):
    img = cv2.cvtColor(cv2.imread(filename), cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB)
    images.append(img)
    basename = os.path.basename(filename)
    labels.append(os.path.splitext(basename)[0])
    
y_new = np.asarray(labels, dtype='uint8')
X_new = np.asarray(images)
plot_images(X_new, y_new, columns=4, image_height=3)

Predict the Sign Type for Each Image

In [34]:
# Run the predictions here and use the model to output the prediction for each image.
# Make sure to pre-process the images with the same pre-processing pipeline used earlier.
# Feel free to use as many code cells as needed.

# Preprocessing
X_new_norm = normalize(adjust_contrast(X_new))

softmax_logits = tf.nn.softmax(logits)
prediction = tf.argmax(input=logits, axis=1)

with tf.Session() as sess:
    sess.run(tf.global_variables_initializer())
    saver3 = tf.train.import_meta_graph('./lenet.meta')
    saver3.restore(sess, "./lenet")
    my_predict = sess.run(prediction, feed_dict={x: X_new_norm, keep_prob: 1.0})
    my_labels = ['{}: {}'.format(p, signs[str(p)]) for p in my_predict]
    plot_images(X_new, my_labels, columns=4, image_height=3)
INFO:tensorflow:Restoring parameters from ./lenet
In [35]:
# Analyze Performance
# Calculate the accuracy for these 5 new images. 
# For example, if the model predicted 1 out of 5 signs correctly, it's 20% accurate on these new images.
with tf.Session() as sess:
    sess.run(tf.global_variables_initializer())
    saver4 = tf.train.import_meta_graph('./lenet.meta')
    saver4.restore(sess, "./lenet")
    test_accuracy = evaluate(X_new_norm, y_new)
    print("Test Set Accuracy = {:.3f}".format(test_accuracy))
INFO:tensorflow:Restoring parameters from ./lenet
Test Set Accuracy = 1.000

Output Top 5 Softmax Probabilities For Each Image Found on the Web

For each of the new images, print out the model's softmax probabilities to show the certainty of the model's predictions (limit the output to the top 5 probabilities for each image). tf.nn.top_k could prove helpful here.

The example below demonstrates how tf.nn.top_k can be used to find the top k predictions for each image.

tf.nn.top_k will return the values and indices (class ids) of the top k predictions. So if k=3, for each sign, it'll return the 3 largest probabilities (out of a possible 43) and the correspoding class ids.

Take this numpy array as an example. The values in the array represent predictions. The array contains softmax probabilities for five candidate images with six possible classes. tf.nn.top_k is used to choose the three classes with the highest probability:

# (5, 6) array
a = np.array([[ 0.24879643,  0.07032244,  0.12641572,  0.34763842,  0.07893497,
         0.12789202],
       [ 0.28086119,  0.27569815,  0.08594638,  0.0178669 ,  0.18063401,
         0.15899337],
       [ 0.26076848,  0.23664738,  0.08020603,  0.07001922,  0.1134371 ,
         0.23892179],
       [ 0.11943333,  0.29198961,  0.02605103,  0.26234032,  0.1351348 ,
         0.16505091],
       [ 0.09561176,  0.34396535,  0.0643941 ,  0.16240774,  0.24206137,
         0.09155967]])

Running it through sess.run(tf.nn.top_k(tf.constant(a), k=3)) produces:

TopKV2(values=array([[ 0.34763842,  0.24879643,  0.12789202],
       [ 0.28086119,  0.27569815,  0.18063401],
       [ 0.26076848,  0.23892179,  0.23664738],
       [ 0.29198961,  0.26234032,  0.16505091],
       [ 0.34396535,  0.24206137,  0.16240774]]), indices=array([[3, 0, 5],
       [0, 1, 4],
       [0, 5, 1],
       [1, 3, 5],
       [1, 4, 3]], dtype=int32))

Looking just at the first row we get [ 0.34763842, 0.24879643, 0.12789202], you can confirm these are the 3 largest probabilities in a. You'll also notice [3, 0, 5] are the corresponding indices.

In [36]:
# Print out the top five softmax probabilities for the predictions on the German traffic sign images found on the web. 
# Feel free to use as many code cells as needed.
K = 5
columns = K + 1
top_k = tf.nn.top_k(softmax_logits, k=K)

with tf.Session() as sess:
    sess.run(tf.global_variables_initializer())
    saver5 = tf.train.import_meta_graph('./lenet.meta')
    saver5.restore(sess, "./lenet")
    my_top_k = sess.run(top_k, feed_dict={x: X_new_norm, keep_prob: 1.0})

    fig, axs = plt.subplots(len(images), columns, figsize=(24, 24))
    fig.subplots_adjust(hspace = .4, wspace=.2)
    axs = axs.ravel()
    
    for i, image in enumerate(images):
        axs[columns*i].axis('off')
        axs[columns*i].imshow(image)
        axs[columns*i].set_title('input')
        
        for j in range(K):
            guess = my_top_k[1][i][j]
            index = np.argwhere(y_valid == guess)[0]
            axs[columns*i+j+1].axis('off')
            axs[columns*i+j+1].imshow(X_valid[index].squeeze())
            axs[columns*i+j+1].set_title('{}: {} ({:.0f}%)'.format(guess, signs[str(guess)], 100*my_top_k[0][i][j]))
INFO:tensorflow:Restoring parameters from ./lenet

Project Writeup

Once you have completed the code implementation, document your results in a project writeup using this template as a guide. The writeup can be in a markdown or pdf file.

Note: Once you have completed all of the code implementations and successfully answered each question above, you may finalize your work by exporting the iPython Notebook as an HTML document. You can do this by using the menu above and navigating to \n", "File -> Download as -> HTML (.html). Include the finished document along with this notebook as your submission.


Step 4 (Optional): Visualize the Neural Network's State with Test Images

This Section is not required to complete but acts as an additional excersise for understaning the output of a neural network's weights. While neural networks can be a great learning device they are often referred to as a black box. We can understand what the weights of a neural network look like better by plotting their feature maps. After successfully training your neural network you can see what it's feature maps look like by plotting the output of the network's weight layers in response to a test stimuli image. From these plotted feature maps, it's possible to see what characteristics of an image the network finds interesting. For a sign, maybe the inner network feature maps react with high activation to the sign's boundary outline or to the contrast in the sign's painted symbol.

Provided for you below is the function code that allows you to get the visualization output of any tensorflow weight layer you want. The inputs to the function should be a stimuli image, one used during training or a new one you provided, and then the tensorflow variable name that represents the layer's state during the training process, for instance if you wanted to see what the LeNet lab's feature maps looked like for it's second convolutional layer you could enter conv2 as the tf_activation variable.

For an example of what feature map outputs look like, check out NVIDIA's results in their paper End-to-End Deep Learning for Self-Driving Cars in the section Visualization of internal CNN State. NVIDIA was able to show that their network's inner weights had high activations to road boundary lines by comparing feature maps from an image with a clear path to one without. Try experimenting with a similar test to show that your trained network's weights are looking for interesting features, whether it's looking at differences in feature maps from images with or without a sign, or even what feature maps look like in a trained network vs a completely untrained one on the same sign image.

Combined Image

Your output should look something like this (above)

In [37]:
# Visualize your network's feature maps here.
# Feel free to use as many code cells as needed.

# image_input: the test image being fed into the network to produce the feature maps
# tf_activation: should be a tf variable name used during your training procedure that represents the calculated state of a specific weight layer
# activation_min/max: can be used to view the activation contrast in more detail, by default matplot sets min and max to the actual min and max values of the output
# plt_num: used to plot out multiple different weight feature map sets on the same block, just extend the plt number for each new feature map entry

def outputFeatureMap(image_input, tf_activation, activation_min=-1, activation_max=-1 ,plt_num=1):
    # Here make sure to preprocess your image_input in a way your network expects
    # with size, normalization, ect if needed
    # image_input =
    # Note: x should be the same name as your network's tensorflow data placeholder variable
    # If you get an error tf_activation is not defined it may be having trouble accessing the variable from inside a function
    activation = tf_activation.eval(session=sess,feed_dict={x : image_input})
    featuremaps = activation.shape[3]
    plt.figure(plt_num, figsize=(15,15))
    for featuremap in range(featuremaps):
        plt.subplot(6,8, featuremap+1) # sets the number of feature maps to show on each row and column
        plt.title('FeatureMap ' + str(featuremap)) # displays the feature map number
        if activation_min != -1 & activation_max != -1:
            plt.imshow(activation[0,:,:, featuremap], interpolation="nearest", vmin =activation_min, vmax=activation_max, cmap="gray")
        elif activation_max != -1:
            plt.imshow(activation[0,:,:, featuremap], interpolation="nearest", vmax=activation_max, cmap="gray")
        elif activation_min !=-1:
            plt.imshow(activation[0,:,:, featuremap], interpolation="nearest", vmin=activation_min, cmap="gray")
        else:
            plt.imshow(activation[0,:,:, featuremap], interpolation="nearest", cmap="gray")
In [38]:
# First layer
with tf.Session() as sess:
    saver6 = tf.train.import_meta_graph('./lenet.meta')
    saver6.restore(sess, "./lenet")
    print("conv1 : First layer")
    outputFeatureMap(X_new, conv1)
INFO:tensorflow:Restoring parameters from ./lenet
conv1 : First layer
In [39]:
# First layer
with tf.Session() as sess:
    saver6 = tf.train.import_meta_graph('./lenet.meta')
    saver6.restore(sess, "./lenet")
    print("conv1 : Second layer")
    outputFeatureMap(X_new, conv2)
INFO:tensorflow:Restoring parameters from ./lenet
conv1 : Second layer